Black Box Explains...

Low-profile PCI serial adapters:

Ever notice that newer computers are getting smaller and slimmer? That means
regular PCI boards won’t fit into these computers’ low-profile PCI slots. But
because miniaturization is the rage in all matters of technology, it was only a
short matter of time before low-profile PCI serial adapters became available—and
Black Box has them.

Low-profile cards meet the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) Low-Profile PCI
specifications, the form-factor definitions for input/output expansion. Low-
Profile PCI has two card lengths defined for 32-bit bus cards: MD1 and MD2. MD1 is
the smaller of the two, with cards no larger than 4.721 inches long and 2.536
inches high. MD2 cards are a maximum of 6.6 inches long and 2.536 inches high.

BLACK BOX® Low-Profile Serial PCI cards comply with the MD1 low-profile
specification and are compatible with the universal bus. Universal bus is a PCI
card that can operate in either a 5-V or 3.3-V signaling level system.